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Leprino Foods Roswell

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 33.32282, -104.47889.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Leprino Foods Roswell is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 516,666,745 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency. By capacity it ranks #168 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 41,985 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 9.8k passenger cars.

41,985t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1128CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481179.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityLeprino Foods Roswell Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates33.32282, -104.47889 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity516,666,745 USD Climate TRACE
EPA parent companyLEPRINO FOODS CO US EPA GHGRP
EPA NAICS311513 US EPA GHGRP
TRI facility recordLEPRINO FOODS CO US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyLEPRINO FOODS CO US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311513 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsAmmonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases4,806 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e41,985 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1128 of 1910 · top 59.1% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#282 of 560 · top 50.4% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

At 516,666,745 USD, Leprino Foods Roswell is around the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 41,985 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

9.8kcars driven for a year
5.5khomes' annual energy use
700ktree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost, Scope 1 & decarbonization potential

At its reported 42k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Leprino Foods Roswell carries no domestic carbon price; food & beverage plants are not a CBAM-covered good, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €3.2M/yr. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈840 t–2k t/yr, worth €63k€158k, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).

42k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€3.2M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)
840 t–2k t/yr ≈ €63k€158kDecarbonization potential

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →

Parent company

Leprino Foods Co US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

Leprino Foods Roswell sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 33.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Cold semi-arid steppe: hot summers and mild winters

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

The local climate sets how fast unprotected steel, protective coatings and the insulation on hot process equipment degrade at this site. It sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
41/100environmental-severity index
23.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
873 kmdistance to coast
LowCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1344 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1277 W/m² of that. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 33.32282, -104.47889. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

For a food & beverage plant, the main modular-insulation targets are cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 70–200 °C.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 2,000 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 390 t CO₂e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.

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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.

United States: funding & obligation

Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers. official source · verified 2026
Status: ~$6B of $10B allocated Jan-2025; remaining capacity + IRA status under political review — verify before 'apply now'.

Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we do not hold this site's metered energy use). · verified 2026

Programme terms verified 2026-06-18; confirm the current open phase before applying. Eligibility depends on a site's energy use / headcount, which we do not hold — not a per-facility eligibility determination.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Leprino Foods Roswell?

Leprino Foods Roswell is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency.

How much CO₂ does Leprino Foods Roswell emit?

The page uses about 41,985 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1128 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Leprino Foods Roswell located?

Leprino Foods Roswell is in United States at approximately 33.32282, -104.47889.

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